Abstract
A new method has been developed for the quantitative separation and determination of Si, Ti, Al, total iron, Mn, Mg, Ca, Na, K and P in silicate rock samples. Silicate is decomposed by fusion with a mixture of boric acid and lithium carbonate and the melt is dissolved in 1 M hydrochloric acid. The diluted sample solution is loaded on a column of AG 50W, X-8 sulfonated polystyrene cation-exchange resin and the elements Fe, Mn, Ti, Al-Mg and Ca are eluted by stepwise changing eluting agents. Si and P are eluted together without retention and are spectrophotometrically determined in the effluent without any separation. The Al-Mg mixture is further separated by simple anion exchange in the same eluent system as used in the preceding cation-exchange chromatography. Na and K are accurately determined in an aliquot of the original sample solution without any separation by flame atomic absorption spectrometry. Recoveries of 10 major and minor elements are satisfactory. Results are quoted of the quantitative analyses of four standard rocks of the U. S. Geological Survey and Geological Survey of Japan.
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